The Cargo Plane That Loads Itself

The Cargo Plane That Loads Itself

Most cargo aircraft need three things the battlefield rarely offers: a runway, a pilot, and a ground crew to load them. Elroy Air’s Chaparral needs none of them. On August 12, 2026, the California company demonstrated new unattended delivery modes for the U.S....
Qatar Just Flew a 283-Seat Jet 80 Miles

Qatar Just Flew a 283-Seat Jet 80 Miles

The Airbus A350 was built to cross oceans. It can fly seventeen hours nonstop, carry a few hundred people from Doha to Auckland, and burn through time zones like a paper napkin. On August 12 and 13, 2026, Qatar Airways used one to fly eighty miles. For two days the...
Trump Orders the Navy Back to Steam

Trump Orders the Navy Back to Steam

For a quarter of a century the U.S. Navy bet the future of its supercarriers on a catapult with no steam and no pistons: a magnetic sled that flings a 30-ton fighter off the bow with a silent electromagnetic pulse. It cost billions to build and took years to tame. On...